Malgudi - The Savera - South Indian restaurant in Chennai - Chennai, India

Authentic South Indian food and such a colourful ambience they have set up where a lady was sitting and making hot food to be served and we tried the variety of non vegetarian starters and veg meals and I would say I did not have to have dinner after that

This restaurant ambience is good and the set up starts with an astrologer at the entrance. Entire setup gives a ancient vibe with swings and bells hanging on the interiors. The serving team wears a ln authentic uniform.

Had authentic south indian meal here. Enjoyed the company of my unversity buddies as I relished the urunnttai kulllmpu!! Loved the murungkai caar cuup! The ambience was apt and service was good. The lazy afternoon for a relaxing lunch do drop by and enjoy the taste of South India!

Best South Indian thali meals we had today for our lunch. Food is tastier. Every dish was authentic in taste. Service was excellent. No complaints whatsoever.

Malgudi has a clear South Indian character, down to the astrologer sitting cross legged at the entrance. The furniture inside is Indian and a couple of large swings as soon as you enter gives people waiting the chance to sit and rock away gently. Mirrors on all the walls add to the sense of space. It is almost octagonal, with large bright paintings of the folk arts distributed across the interior. We settled in for a light dinner - Aapams and vegetarian stew with a round of Vazhapoo (banana flower florets) vadas. They taste a lot like the lentil vadas, with a slight difference in the flavor. Waiters are dressed in traditional attire and service is unobtrusive. There is a wide variety of fish and chicken dishes on the menu. Prices are on the higher side but they have a clientele of regulars who have their own set of favorites. The food is definitely spicy - that's almost a given at Indian restaurants and this one explores dishes from each of the South Indian states. Malgudi is the mythical village from author RK Narayan's well-loved books. However, there's nothing rural about this place in the middle of the metropolis. Even if there are props to create the illusion.

Dramatic fall from my last visit about a year back. Service has gone down pathetically, food quality/taste is poor and ambience sucked. It smelled pretty bad. Overall once an iconic place has seen its heyday. Will stay away clear.

A place with great and fast service, good ambience and food. One must try kondu vegetable biryani, poraichi paratha paneer ghee roast tasted extremely delicious but some other items like kappa cutlet with idichammanti, neer dosa, idiyapam idli, needs some improvement. The coriander based brinjal curry that is vankaya kothmir koora and godhi roti needs a lot of improvement. It was the biryani and their quick service that just saved our dining experience and is therefore given 4 stars.

A South Indian themed restaurant inside the iconic savera hotel. Location - located in the ground floor of Savera hotel. Ambience - the entire ambience resembles a south Indian traditional House. The wooden swings at the entrance proves to be a big attraction. And there is a palmistry counter at entrance where we can freely check our future Parking - wide parking area is available with in the savera hotel premises. Food - we visited here to during the nanjil naadu food festival. It's an ala Carte menu with delicacies from Nagercoil, kanyakumari, Marthandam and trivandrum regions. Since it's a special food festival menu, chef was there to explain the dishes Since it's a huge menu, am listing out my favourites in this spread. We started with the traditional sarbath (made using a famous brand in South - Raja sarbath) Also being a guy from South tamilnadu, I loved eating aviyal (mixed vegetable dish) and pazham pori (sweet banana fritters). In main course, the seeraga samba biryani was so tasty. One highlight dish I wanted to mention is the cheratta puttu (coconut shell puttu). Tasted amazing. In desserts, we tried paal kozhukattai the unique dish from kanyakumari. Those are Sweet balls of rice cooked in coconut milk. Service - you can experience Fine dining here with people always ready to serve you. Pricing - all items are priced at 5 star level. And so it's unaffordable to visit regularly. But can be experienced during special occasions. Rating Food - 4/5 Ambience - 5/5 Service - 5/5 Pricing - 3/5